Strippers banned from funerals!

[Ian_W]

BEIJING (Reuters) - Striptease send-offs at funerals may become a thing of the past in east China after five people were arrested for organising the intimate farewells, state media reported on Wednesday.

 

Police swooped last week after two groups of strippers gave "obscene performances" at a farmer's funeral in Donghai County, Jiangsu province, Xinhua news agency said.

 

The disrobing served a higher purpose, the report noted.

 

"Striptease used to be a common practice at funerals in Donghai's rural areas to allure viewers," it said. "Local villagers believe that the more people who attend the funeral, the more the dead person is honoured".

 

 

 

Wealthy families often employed two troupes of performers to attract a crowd. Two hundred showed up at last week's funeral.

 

Five strippers were detained and local officials "issued notices concerning funeral management", Xinhua said.

 

Now village officials must submit plans for funerals within 12 hours after a villager dies. And residents can report "funeral misdeeds" on a hotline, the report said.

[Big J R]

I'm sure the Chinese authorities consider this a GRAVE situation !

[The Invisible Man]

Presumably they reckon one stiff is enough at a funeral!

[MbrunoB]

Do they get there on the underground?

[dr gas]

30 minutes after a funeral. do they fancy another one?

[American FLEET FAN No1]

My uncle was jailed for stripping at a funeral...............He was stripping the lead off the church roof during the service! <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/doah.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

[Bigun]

Blody shame if you ask me - why spoil a good funeral by making it all sombre!